spare

home, James (, and don't spare the horses)

A humorous directive for a driver to take one home directly and without delay. Thank goodness you finally came to pick me up. Home, James, and don't spare the horses!You know, shouting "home, James" every time you get in the car is starting to get a little tiresome.

spare (someone's) blushes

To keep from making someone feel embarrassed or awkward. However, due to your family's great service to the crown, we will spare your blushes and not create a public scandal around this debacle.I tried sparing her blushes when she asked me to prom by saying I had no intention of going with anyone.

spare tyre

1. A layer of excess fat around one's midsection. Primarily heard in UK. I think I need to lay off the lager, because this spare tyre of mine is getting a bit out of hand.

2. An unhelpful, unnecessary, unproductive, or unwanted person in a group. Primarily heard in UK. There are a few spare tyres on this project who are really holding back our progress.Ever since John's girlfriend started hanging out with us, it's left me feeling like a spare tyre.

not a moment to spare

spare someonesomething

to exempt someone from having to listen to or experience something. I'll spare you the details and get to the point. Please, spare me the story and tell me what you want.

spare the rod and spoil the child.

Prov. You should punish a child when he or she misbehaves, because if you do not, the child will grow up expecting everyone to indulge him or her. Jane: How can you allow your little boy to be so rude? Ellen: It distresses me to punish him. Jane: lean understand that, but spare the rod and spoil the child.

have something to spare

save/spare somebody's blushes

(British & Australian)

to do something to prevent someone feeling embarrassed Granger saved the team's blushes by scoring the only goal in the last five minutes of the game.The audience's blushes were spared because the censors had removed all the explicit sex scenes from the film.

be going spare

be like a spare prick at a wedding

(British taboo, humorous)

to feel silly because you are present at an event but no one needs you and no one is talking to you Everyone else there had come with their partners and I was left feeling like a spare prick at a wedding.

go spare

spare the rod and spoil the child

Discipline is necessary for good upbringing, as in She lets Richard get away with anything-spare the rod, you know. This adage appears in the Bible (Proverbs 13:24) and made its way into practically every proverb collection. It originally referred to corporal punishment. It is still quoted, often in shortened form, and today does not necessarily mean physical discipline.

spare tire

Fat around one's middle, as in He's determined to lose ten pounds and that spare tire he's acquired. This expression transfers the term for an extra tire carried in cars in case of a flat tire to excess fat around the waist. [Colloquial; mid-1900s]

to spare

In addition to what is needed, extra, left over, as in We paid our bills and still had money to spare. This expression uses spare in the sense of "leftover" or "unused," a usage dating from the late 1500s.

He said that the group importing best quality and standard spare parts of 70 cc, 125 cc and 100 cc from China, Vietnam and Malaysia and ISH group is the only group which supplying "claimless" spare parts in the country.

Rebecca Wilson, European brand manager for Spare, said: "The new Spam slices are great value and open up another new category for Spare, it is the first time we have branched into the sliced meats market and we are confident that Spare slices will be very successful.

The Spares Campaign initiatives result from months of intensive review and analysis by teams specifically tasked to identify process improvement opportunities in a number of areas, including programming and financial management.

DETROIT - Some new Ford Ranger pickups come equipped with a 15-inch Firestone ATX tire as a spare - the same type as those involved in a nationwide recall - though both companies say the spare tires have several structural differences.

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